30, March 2026

Shaktism: Manifestation of Eternal Feminine Power

Author(s): Debasree Paul

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Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

DOIs:10.2017/IJRCS/202603010     |     Paper ID: IJRCS202603010


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Shaktism continues to bear witness to the retention of the identity of the traditional Bengalis. The reason for this is agriculture, which is one of the sources of livelihood for Bengalis. As the trend of agricultural economy and social development continued, especially with the contact of Bengali women, the 'agrarian magic belief' was planned to keep it intact. Its main principle is the plan to control the production of nature through human reproduction, i.e. the integration of human processes and natural processes. It is on the basis of this belief that the real formula for understanding Shaktism has been adopted in our country. Therefore, just as it is necessary to practice Shaktism to know Bengali, it is also necessary to have an idea of physiology to know Shaktism. The very scheme of magical belief has, in fact, subsequently become in many ways more complex and has taken the form of physiology in tantra. The purpose is to analyze the human body. And it is only by understanding this that we can understand the nature of the world. In the same way, cosmology is an obstacle to the same formula with physiology. Because there is no systematic difference between the worldview and creation. The people of the agrarian society could assimilate the truth very easily. Even lust, desire and delusion did not denigrate them but led them to the path of self-realization. Therefore, in Tantra, the female body is worshipped not as a means of enjoyment, but as the basis of superpowers. As the Bengali nation was swept away in the stream of Western education, the former Bengali manners and behavioral values among them began to decline day by day. Therefore, many doubts arose among them about the ritualistic ideas and philosophy of Tantra, which are still present today. The identity of Tantra that we have today is very eroded and distorted. Therefore, it is my main purpose to shed light on its true nature.

Shaktism, Lokayat Dharma, Agriculture,

Debasree Paul (2026); Shaktism: ,Manifestation of Eternal Feminine Power, International Journal of Research Culture Society,    ISSN(O): 2456-6683,  Volume – 10,   Issue –  3,  Available on – https://ijrcs.org/

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  1. Chattopadhya Debiprasad (1956). lokayat darshan (pp. 384). Kolkata, New Age Private Limited.
  2. Bandhyopadhya (1942). banglar tantra. Bimalendu Chakraborty (Eds.), Kolkata, Bengal Publishers Private Limited.

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